About Us

Built in Arizona, for Arizona Homes

Arizona Pest Pros has spent 11+ years handling the pest problems this state actually produces termites tunneling through slab expansion joints, scorpions riding monsoon runoff into garages, and pack rats chewing wiring in desert-fringe neighborhoods. Daniel Ortega started this crew after years in Springerville, where cold winters push rodents toward wall voids and hot dry spells drive everything else toward irrigation and shade. That mix taught him one thing: pest pressure here follows water and temperature, not a national playbook.

Homeowners hire us when they want the pest named, the plan explained, and the work done without surprise add-ons. We hold an Arizona Department of Agriculture pest management business license and an Arizona Qualified Applicator License, and we belong to the National Pest Management Association but the reason customers stay is simpler. We walk the property before we quote, we confirm the treatment plan with you before a drop goes down, and we follow through on the next visit instead of vanishing after the first spray.

Daniel Ortega and the Crew Behind the Routes

Daniel Ortega founded Arizona Pest Pros on a plain idea: explain the problem in words the customer can repeat to their spouse. “I started in pest control in Springerville, where cold winters, hot dry spells, and homes with crawl spaces and wood framing all shape how pests get inside,” he says. “I built this company to give Arizona property owners practical inspections and treatments that account for local conditions, from termite activity to scorpions seeking shelter as temperatures shift.”

The team schedules inspections and treatments across Arizona, coordinating routes and arrival windows for customers in different regional markets. On every visit, technicians identify the pest, explain the recommended work, and share preparation and follow-up steps before closing out so you know what to move off the baseboards and when to expect results.

One habit we never skip: checking weep holes and door sweeps during an inspection. It takes two minutes, and it is where most scorpion and cricket entry starts.

What Pushes Arizona Homeowners to Call

Most customers reach us after weeks of trying store products first. These are the situations we hear about most:

• Scorpions inside bathrooms at night: they hunt along walls and enter through gaps under doors, often near block-wall fences around yards like those in Marana.
• Termite mud tubes along foundation walls: a sign subterranean termites are already working, not a future problem.
• Ant trails near kitchen counters: scouts found a food source, and the colony behind the trail will keep sending workers.
• Cockroaches appearing beneath kitchen sinks: moisture and darkness make cabinet plumbing an apartment complex for them.
• Scratching sounds inside the attic at night: roof rats or pack rats nesting in insulation, chewing wiring while you sleep.
• Bed bug bites after sleeping: bites in a line mean the harbor point is close to the mattress, not far away.
• Wasps nesting beneath roof eaves: colonies grow fast through Arizona’s warm months and defend the entrance aggressively.

How We Run Every Job

Every treatment starts with an inspection and ends with a written plan you approved not one we assumed. Our work follows Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 3, Chapter 20 and Arizona Administrative Code, Title 3, Chapter 8, which govern structural pest control licensing in this state, and our applicators certify under Arizona pesticide applicator certification requirements.

We apply products strictly per the EPA label under FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. § 136, follow OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200 for material handling, and use EPA guidance for container disposal.

Here is the detail out-of-town contractors miss: Arizona’s caliche soil and low humidity change how liquid termiticide behaves. Dilution rates and application volumes that work in wetter states fail here, so we calibrate to the soil we are actually treating, referencing USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service guidance when the situation calls for it.

Plain findings, confirmed plan, careful work, a follow-up call. That is the whole standard.

Talk Through Your Pest Problem Today

If something is scratching in your attic or a mud tube showed up on your foundation, a short phone call settles what it is and what it would take to fix it. Call Arizona Pest Pros at (855) 681-0299 or email [email protected] we will ask a few questions, explain what we would inspect first, and schedule a time that works. No pressure, no obligation, just a straight answer from a crew that works these neighborhoods year-round.